Clinical Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Italian Long-Term Care Facilities: GeroCovid LTCFs Observational Study

Alba Malara¹, Marianna Noale², Angela Marie Abbatecola³, Gilda Borselli⁴, Carmine Cafariello⁵, Stefano Fumagalli⁶, Pietro Gareri⁷, Enrico Mossello⁶, Caterina Trevisan⁸, Stefano Volpato⁹, Fabio Monzani¹⁰, Alessandra Coin¹¹, Giuseppe Bellelli¹², Chukwuma Okoye¹⁰, Susanna Del Signore¹³, Gianluca Zia¹³, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi¹⁴; GeroCovid LTCFs Working Group

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Collaborators

GeroCovid LTCFs Working Group:
Angela Marie Abbatecola, Francesco Raffaele Addamo, Domenico Andrieri, Rachele Antognoli, Paola Bianchi, Carmine Cafariello, Valeria Calsolaro, Francesco Antonio Campagna, Sebastiano Capurso, Silvia Carino, Manuela Castelli, Arcangelo Ceretti, Mauro Colombo, Antonella Crispino, Roberta Cucunato, Ferdinando D'Amico, Annalaura Dell'Armi, Christian Ferro, Serafina Fiorillo, Pier Paolo Gasbarri, Roberta Granata, Nadia Grillo, Antonio Guaita, Marilena Iarrera, Valerio Alex Ippolito, Alba Malara, Irene Mancuso, Eleonora Marelli, Paolo Moneti, Fabio Monzani, Marianna Noale, Sara Osso, Agostino Perri, Maria Perticone, Carmine Romaniello, Marcello Russo, Giovanni SgrÃ, Federica Sirianni, Deborah Spaccaferro, Fausto Spadea, Rita Ursino

Affiliations

¹ ANASTE-Humanitas Foundation, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: albamalara@gmail.com.
² Aging Branch, Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council, Padua, Italy.
³ Alzheimer's Disease Clinic Department, Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) Frosinone, Italy.
⁴ Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG), Florence, Italy.
⁵ Geriatrics Outpatient Clinic and Territorial Residences, Italian Hospital Group, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁷ Center for Cognitive Disorders and Dementia (CDCD) Catanzaro Lido - ASP Catanzaro, Italy.
⁸ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Italy; Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy.
¹⁰ Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Italy.
¹² School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and Acute Geriatric Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
¹³ Bluecompanion Ltd, Londra, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 34774494
PMCID: PMC8536727
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.10.009

Observational Study

Clinical Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Italian Long-Term Care Facilities: GeroCovid LTCFs Observational Study

Alba Malara et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;23(1):15-18.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.10.009. Epub 2021 Oct 23.

Authors

Collaborators

GeroCovid LTCFs Working Group:
Angela Marie Abbatecola, Francesco Raffaele Addamo, Domenico Andrieri, Rachele Antognoli, Paola Bianchi, Carmine Cafariello, Valeria Calsolaro, Francesco Antonio Campagna, Sebastiano Capurso, Silvia Carino, Manuela Castelli, Arcangelo Ceretti, Mauro Colombo, Antonella Crispino, Roberta Cucunato, Ferdinando D'Amico, Annalaura Dell'Armi, Christian Ferro, Serafina Fiorillo, Pier Paolo Gasbarri, Roberta Granata, Nadia Grillo, Antonio Guaita, Marilena Iarrera, Valerio Alex Ippolito, Alba Malara, Irene Mancuso, Eleonora Marelli, Paolo Moneti, Fabio Monzani, Marianna Noale, Sara Osso, Agostino Perri, Maria Perticone, Carmine Romaniello, Marcello Russo, Giovanni SgrÃ, Federica Sirianni, Deborah Spaccaferro, Fausto Spadea, Rita Ursino

Affiliations

¹ ANASTE-Humanitas Foundation, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: albamalara@gmail.com.
² Aging Branch, Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council, Padua, Italy.
³ Alzheimer's Disease Clinic Department, Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) Frosinone, Italy.
⁴ Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG), Florence, Italy.
⁵ Geriatrics Outpatient Clinic and Territorial Residences, Italian Hospital Group, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Division of Geriatric and Intensive Care Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
⁷ Center for Cognitive Disorders and Dementia (CDCD) Catanzaro Lido - ASP Catanzaro, Italy.
⁸ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Italy; Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medical Science, University of Ferrara, Italy.
¹⁰ Geriatrics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy.
¹¹ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Geriatrics Division, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Italy.
¹² School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and Acute Geriatric Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
¹³ Bluecompanion Ltd, Londra, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ Unit of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 34774494
PMCID: PMC8536727
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.10.009

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